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Britbox has a huge collection of fan favourites

BritBox offers top-tier British television, with something for everyone including crime dramas, mysteries, and classic comedies. The streaming service, which is owned by BBC Studios, offers something for every generation and genre.

Whether you want to get hooked on a cosy period piece filled with gorgeous gowns and smouldering glances or a sketch comedy series centred on British life and culture, you are bound to find something right up your street. We take a look at some of the best shows currently on the subscription service - including one of "the best" period dramas.

Beyond Paradise is a very popular spin off of BBC crime drama series Death in Paradise.

It follows DI Humphrey Goodman (Kris Marshall) as he moves to the West Country hometown of his fiancée Martha (Sally Bretton) as they solve odd crimes.

For the Royal fans, Britbox is now streaming The Wedding of the Century. This 2021 documentary takes a look at that summer day in June 1981 when Prince Charles and Princess Diana got married.

An estimated 750 million people around the world tuned in more than 40 years ago - but they never saw it this clearly.

This doc features wedding footage upgraded to 4K resolution, giving viewers the feeling they were right there in St. Paul's Cathedral.

This historical drama mini series sees Lucy Boynton star as Ruth Ellis - the last woman to be executed in the United States.

Ruth was London's youngest club manager but also a woman victimised by her boyfriend. She faced a particularly unsympathetic time for criminal justice.

BritBox intervened to save this series following its axing by ITV, much to the delight of period-drama enthusiasts who have said this is "the best".

Andrew Davies, a veteran of the genre, transformed an incomplete Jane Austen manuscript into a romantic story centred on a fishing village-turned-seaside resort and its attractive residents.

The narrative follows Charlotte Heywood as she relocates to Sanditon, a fishing village striving to transform itself into a seaside resort. Before long, she finds herself manoeuvring through the secrets and aspirations of the village's inhabitants.

Father Ted fans will be delighted to learn that they can tune into a spin off series - with a female lead.

Sister Boniface helps solve crimes in the village of Great Slaughter in 1960s England.

Lorna Watson's beloved Father Brown character gets a well-deserved close-up in this exemplar of British television's cosy mysteries.

Cush Jumbo and Jared Harris lead the cast of this tension-ratcheting thriller.

The gripping storyline sees the mother of a hit-and-run victim come up with a killer plan for the man she holds responsible.